“The RSC’s West India Section organised an event titled ‘Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry’ at Rajgad Dnyanpeeth’s College of Science and Pharmacy, Bhor, Pune, on Saturday 28th July, 2012. This event was truly an outreach event, aimed at educating students from rural colleges.
 
This event consisted of three full length organic chemistry talks. The first talk rekindled the ‘Concepts behind Reaction Mechanisms’ and was delivered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Piramal Healthcare Ltd.). The second talk was titled ‘Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry’ and was delivered by Dr. Abhijit Roychowdhury (Piramal Healthcare Ltd.). The third talk then disclosed the ‘Implications of Organic Chemistry’, by Santosh Mhaske (NCL Pune).
 
The students enjoyed the simplicity of organic chemistry through the ‘basic concepts’ using the white board, and around 250 students attended this event from the Science and Pharmacy College. Prof. Vidya Avasare (Sir Parashurambahu College) presided over this session and provided the concluding remarks.”